All-American Peppermint Stick
Torte with Fudge Topping
Here's an updated version of the ice cream pie — a dessert popular in America
for years. It has a parfait filling instead of ice cream and is assembled in a springform
pan. The familiar cookie crust and fudgy topping are still part of the, but the
dessert is now sophisticated enough for company.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 (9-ounce) box chocolate wafer cookies, broken
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled
Filling
- 1 (7 1/2-ounce) package hard red- and white-striped peppermint candies (about 45 pieces)
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 cups chilled whipping cream
Sauce
- 2 cups chilled whipping cream
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
- 12 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
Garnish
- Additional peppermint candies
Instructions
- zvrust: Finely grind cookies and sugar in processor.
- Add butter and blend
until crumbs begin to stick together.
- Press crumbs firmly onto bottom and up sides
of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Place in freezer.
- Filling: Grind candies in processor, leaving some small pieces.
- Whisk yolks, sugar and water in medium metal bowl to blend. Set bowl over saucepan
of rapidly simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water). Whisk constantly
until candy thermometer inserted into mixture registers 170 degrees F, about 6 minutes.
- Remove bowl from over water. Add half of ground candies and whisk until melted.
Let mixture stand until cool, whisking occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Mix in remaining candy and peppermint extract.
- Using electric mixer, beat cream in large bowl to stiff peaks.
- Fold cream into yolk mixture. Spoon mixture into crust; smooth top. Cover and
freeze until firm, at least 6 hours or overnight.
- zdauce: Bring 1 cup cream and corn syrup to simmer in heavy medium saucepan.
Remove from heat.
- Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Cool until barely lukewarm and slightly
thickened, whisking occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Spoon 1 cup sauce over frozen filling, spreading to edges. Freeze until firm,
at least 2 hours. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Cover and keep torte frozen. Cover
remaining sauce and refrigerate.)
- Rewarm sauce over low heat, stirring frequently. Run sharp knife around pan sides
to loosen torte. Release pan sides. Transfer torte to platter.
- Beat remaining 1 cup cream in large bowl until stiff peaks form. Spoon into pastry
bag fitted with star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream around top edge of torte. Place
candies between rosettes.
- Serve with warm sauce.
Serves 12 to 14.
Posted by Chyrel at Recipe Goldmine 9/18/2001 1:30 pm.
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